249 words come out when you unscramble COGNATELY, starting with COGNATELY itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AGLYCONE and COGENTLY lead with 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from COGNATELY split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Among 27 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COGNATELY, the top score is 12, reached by 4. AGENCY, GLANCE and LOCATE are the familiar ones.
CAGEY tops the 5-letter words from COGNATELY at 11 points; next come CANTY and CETYL on 10. ALONG, AGENT and CLEAN will look familiar.
CAGY scores highest among the 4-letter words in COGNATELY at 10 points, ahead of ACYL and CANY on 9. ONLY, CENT and YOGA are the ones most people know.
CAY, CLY and COY are the top 3-letter words made with COGNATELY letters, 8 points each. CAN, ANY and GET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COGNATELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What COGNATELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COGNATELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COGNATELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 188 | 248 | 171 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COTYLAE, COTYLE, CATELOG, CETYL, CLOYE, COLEY, LYNAGE, CANGLE, CANY, CYTE, ELOGY, GENTY and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GELCOAT, TALCY, GOATY, COLTAN, GYNO, ONLAY, YAGE, CLEG, OATY, ONCET, TELCO, YAG and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.